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Owner Review: A Lange And Sohne 1815
I am sitting in a specialist surgeon’s office, I’m wearing some worn out jeans and faded grey sweatshirt. On my wrist is my A Lange & Sohne 1815. The expensive by the hour surgeon keeps glancing at my wrist as he discusses my daughter’s condition with my wife. Everything is going well and my daughter’s…
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Owner Review: A. Lange and Sohne Saxonia Thin
If you are looking for a refined dress watch (clean, simple, thin), the A. Lange and Sohne Saxonia Thin fits the bill perfectly. With no complications or even seconds, some people ask if the watch is boring. My thoughts are – Absolutely not! The Bauhaus dial is so pure, but if you peer in and…
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Owner Review: A. Lange and Söhne 1815
The A. Lange and Sohne 1815, along with some of Lange’s other early models, can be found pre-owned around the $10k budget, making them an absolute steal for the quality. Sporting the L.941.1 movement, the watch ticks away at 21,600 bph. It has a 45 hr power reserve, is handwound and has 21 jewels. The…
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Patek Philippe Annual Calendar 5035 Owner Review by @watchesandwords
The practical complication of Patek Philippe, the Annual Calendar Ref. 5035 confuses most of the people I know. Firstly people do not know that Patek introduced the annual calendar complication with this watch at the 1996 Baselworld fair as a part of the practical complications collection. The annual calendar complication is invented by Patek Philippe.…
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Owner review: A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Chronograph
The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Chronograph release demonstrated to the world that the wheel could be re-invented! We were given a refined form of the revered Datograph. When was the last time something beautiful paused your footsteps in admiration? This morning was one of these pleasant moments. Bathed in the morning sun, the A.…
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Owner Review: A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 MoonPhase
The A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 MoonPhase is such a distinctive watch that marks A Lange & Sohne’s (“ALS”) revival in the 1990s with its unique decentralised and asymmetrical dial design, and of course, the outsize date display. A piece I’ve always wanted to add to my collection, and I’ve very pleased to share…
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Owner Review: A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia 219.028
This was an unplanned purchase. The A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia is not the kind of watch that one should buy on a whim. Sure, we have all spent a couple of hundred dollars on an ill-advised eBay find we didn’t need in the middle of the night, but this was a whole other level…
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Owner Review: A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1
I fell in love with the A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 sometime in 2001, when I first discovered the brand via images in a hotel magazine. Many Lange catalogues later, the Lange 1’s gorgeous, distinctive, asymmetrical dial seeped into my subconscious. I knew I had to have it. Two years ago, I was fortunate…
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Owner review: Cartier Tank Louis Cartier
Cartier being first and foremost a jeweller, the Cartier Tank Louis Cartier was essentially a canvas for artistic expression. Despite his artistic genius, Louis Cartier was also good at recognising talent in others. In this instance, it was the ingenuity of watchmaker and inventor Edmond Jaeger. A century-old marriage between French romanticism and Swiss know-how…
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Editorial: 2019 Watch Trends
So here are the watch trends of 2019. Well, my take on some of the watch trends, at least. I should start this article with a caveat – I haven’t done any kind of statistical analysis in terms of the number of releases or sales, this article is purely based on my observations from the…
